Gardening for Earth Day

Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune

Michaela Cheairs, 28, from left, and her daughter Zariyah Cheairs, 7, along with Valerie Shamley, 3, and sister Natalie Shamley, 5, and their mother Nicki Shamley, 38, work in Heartland Alliance's urban garden during an Earth Day event organized by the nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on April 22, 2018, in Chicago.

Volunteers pull weeds in Heartland Alliance's urban garden during an Earth Day event organized by the nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on April 22, 2018.

Volunteers work in the garden at Heartland Alliance's urban garden during an Earth Day event organized by the nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on April 22, 2018.